A LOCOMOTIVE has been restored to working order after nearly 60 years.

The loco, named Hugh Napier, part of the Penrhyn Castle collection at Bangor, has been brought back to life after the National Trust successfully mounted a £50,000 appeal.

It was taken to the Ffestiniog Railway’s Boston Lodge Works, Porthmadog, last summer and engineers are near to finishing their task.

Ffestiniog Railway (FR) spokesman Andrew Thomas said: “We are organising a special ceremony in May when the loco will be rededicated and we would love anyone involved with the loco when it was working in the quarry to be there to share the occasion.”

The seven-ton loco was built by the Hunslett company in Yorkshire in 1904 and was delivered to Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda.

It was named after the fourth Lord Penrhyn and after 50 years of hard work the loco was worn out, and in 1954 was dumped on a siding until put on display in 1966.